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SOL PoetryTerms 9th Grade

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alliteration   show
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show A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned  
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show Also called vowel rhyme. The repetition of vowel sounds within nonrhyming words, as in penitent and reticence  
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show unrhymed verse usually written in iambic pentameter  
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show the repetition of consonants or of a consonant pattern, especially at the ends of words, as in blank and think or strong and string.  
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show a rhymed pair of lines.  
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show style of speaking or writing as dependent upon choice of words  
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end rhyme   show
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epic   show
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figurative language   show
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literal language   show
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show verse that does not follow a fixed metrical pattern.  
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iambic pentameter   show
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show the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively  
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internal rhyme   show
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metaphor   show
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meter   show
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onomatopoeia   show
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show A rhetorical device in which two seemingly contradictory words are used together for effect.  
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personification   show
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repetition   show
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rhyme   show
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show the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"  
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show a figure of speech in which two unlike things are explicitly compared, as in she is like a rose.  
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show when the sounds are not quite identical.  
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show the voice that talks to the reader, similar to the narrator in fiction. The speaker is not necessarily the poet.  
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show a poem, expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes: the strict or Italian form divided into a major group of 8 lines (the octav  
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stanza   show
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show a person, a place, or an object used for or regarded as representing something else  
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show the main idea in a work of literature. It is a perception about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader.  
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show the attitude of the writer takes toward a subject.  
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